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small waiting room for patients being provided opposite the
staircase landing on the second floor. Here patients are interviewed
by the nurse and distributed to the dressing cubicles, four
in number, each of which is entered from the waiting room and
has a second door which gives direct access to the X-ray room.
The cubicle doors control an automatic light switch, which
extinguishes the light in the cubicle when the door into the X-ray
room is opened. The X-ray room is equipped with an X-ray
couch for general X-ray work, and a separate vertical screening
stand together with a mobile control unit and transformer cabinet.
Dark blinds are fitted in box frames to all windows. The
dark room is entered by a light trap from the main X-ray room, is
fully protected against stray radiation, properly equipped for the
development of films and ventilated by means of a suction fan in
the roof. The same method of ventilation is also provided as a
precautionary measure in the main X-ray room. The viewing
room opens directly from the main X-ray room and has an additional
door into Dr. Telfer's room. This room is fitted with
three viewing boxes, card index record cabinets and a slotted
cupboard for patients' slippers and gowns. A fire-proof film
store is provided in the open, on the roof of the first floor, and
access to this is by a door from the corridor opposite the X-ray
department. The remaining portion of the second floor is occupied
by the public analyst's laboratory. This consists of the main
laboratory with fume cupboard, a fitted central bench and fixed
benches on two walls. Adjoining the laboratory is the office
of the Public Analyst.
Elevation.
Having described thus scantily the internal planning of the
Health Centre there remain a few general comments which ought
to be made. The building itself is largely constructed of steel
and concrete, and for this reason those rooms in which quietness
is essential, namely the five consulting rooms, have been specially
soundproofed. The outer facing is of multi-coloured facing
brick, slightly thinner than the standard size, bluish red, almost